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Increasing dietary cholesterol induces different regulation of classic and alternative bile acid synthesis
Guorong Xu, … , Thomas S. Chen, David Greenblatt
Guorong Xu, … , Thomas S. Chen, David Greenblatt
Published January 1, 1999
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1999;103(1):89-95. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI4414.
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Increasing dietary cholesterol induces different regulation of classic and alternative bile acid synthesis

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Abstract

We investigated the effect of increasing dietary cholesterol on bile acid pool sizes and the regulation of the two bile acid synthetic pathways (classic, via cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase, and alternative, via sterol 27-hydroxylase) in New Zealand white rabbits fed 3 g cholesterol/per day for up to 15 days. Feeding cholesterol for one day increased hepatic cholesterol 75% and cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity 1.6 times without significant change of bile acid pool size or sterol 27-hydroxylase activity. After three days of cholesterol feeding, the bile acid pool size increased 83% (P < 0.01), and further feeding produced 10%–20% increments, whereas cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity declined progressively to 60% below baseline. In contrast, sterol 27-hydroxylase activity rose 58% after three days of cholesterol feeding and remained elevated with continued intake. Bile drainage depleted the bile acid pool and stimulated downregulated cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity but did not affect sterol 27-hydroxylase activity. Thus, increasing hepatic cholesterol does not directly inhibit cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase and initially favors enzyme induction, whereas increased bile acid pool is the most powerful inhibitor of cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase. Sterol 27-hydroxylase is insensitive to the bile acid flux but is upregulated by increasing hepatic cholesterol.

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Guorong Xu, Gerald Salen, Sarah Shefer, G. Stephen Tint, Lien B. Nguyen, Thomas S. Chen, David Greenblatt

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Effects of increasing cholesterol feeding and bile fistula on cholestero...
Effects of increasing cholesterol feeding and bile fistula on cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity. The open bars represent cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity in controls and after different days of cholesterol feeding; the crosshatched bars represent the activity after 5 days of bile drainage. Cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity unexpectedly increased significantly after 1 day of 2% cholesterol feeding and then progressively decreased in rabbits fed 2% cholesterol for more than 3 days. The activities after bile drainage were all significantly higher than the baseline value (the open bar in controls). The highest levels were seen after bile drainage in the rabbits fed 2% cholesterol for 5 and 10 days.

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